United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Address:
UNESCO
PO Box: 2270, Amman 11181
Jordan
Tel: 962-2- 5516559, 5514234
Fax: 962-2- 5532183
E-mail:
registry@unesco.org.jo
Activity Title:
The Flagship Project for Youth
Brief:
UNESCO Jordan Office has finalized the inter-agency crosscutting theme project for youth in Jordan, which focuses on young boys and girls aged (14 -25). It should lead to behavioral changes as regards to gender and HIV/AIDS and targets in-school and out-of school youth in Jordan, teachers, parents and other groups in the community by producing policy papers and an integrated plan of action, sufficiently appropriate to the cultural context using curriculum reform and the media and new technologies. The use of internet will in this programme, help overcome traditional, cultural and religious barriers as it is anonymous, young people will speak more freely about taboos and problems. This project will understandably use the cultural approach for behavioral changes. The project will be implemented in close cooperation with UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and the concerned national authorities.
Within the first phase of the Project, Radio Jordan will train young people to acquire skills in operating youth community radio and will allocate 30 minutes to 2 hours a week for “The Voice of Youth” at the national radio. Major areas of focus will be intergenerational /peer dialogue, gender issues and preventive health education. Some mobile equipment and transportation cost has been allocated within and outside Amman for interviews, so as to reach the out-of school youth and the marginalized youth. The impact of media, on all populations and particularly young people are undeniable and its efficient use in gender issues and preventive education is expected to yield tremendous results.
Activity Title 2:
Young People’s Participation in World Heritage Preservation and Promotion.
Brief:
One of the key activities was the organization of the First Sub-regional World Heritage Skills Development Training Course for Young People in the Arab Region (Petra –Jordan, 20-25 April 2002). The Course brought 26 students and teachers from the UNESCO associated Schools Project Network from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Students and teachers from Iraq and the Palestinian Authority were unable to attend. The output was the elaboration of “A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers in the Arab Region: Introducing Young People to Heritage Site Management”.
Activity Title 3:
Young Digital Creators
Brief:
As part of the “Digi-Arts” Project a sub-portal of the UNESCO knowledge Portal: The office translated the project proposal into Arabic and sent it to the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network and other field offices in the region. Nominations have been received from Sudan, the Palestinian Authority and Iraq expressing their willingness to participate in the project, in addition to in-the- pipeline nominations from other countries in the region.
Activity Title 4:
Other Activities
Brief:
1. UNESCO Amman Office has been requested by the Higher Council for Youth to participate as a member of the steering committee for assistance in the development of a National Youth Strategy;
2. To commemorate the World Aids Day and sensitize views of youth on HIV/AIDS issues, the Global Development Learning Network at the University of Jordan coordinated a Video Conferencing on HIV/AIDS. Youth participants (boys and girls) from the University of Jordan participated in the World Aids Day 2002. A youth debate (Arabic session) was held on December 2002;
3. To commemorate the “World Day on Cultural Diversity” at UNESCO, the International Youth Parliament, Globalization, Culture and Youth Workshop was organized on 9 June 2003. The Output was a “Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity”, Youth Version.
